Estate of Jonathan Najera et al v. County of Los Angeles et al, No. 2:2012cv03167 - Document 83 (C.D. Cal. 2013)

Court Description: FINAL JUDGMENT ON ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFFS by Judge Dolly M. Gee: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED AS FOLLOWS: Plaintiffs THE ESTATE OF JONATHAN NAJERA, ANTONIA NAJERA and ALFREDO NAJERA are hereby awarded attor neys' fees in the amount of $312,578.49, to be apportioned as follows: (a) R. Samuel Paz: $60,767.37; (b) Sonia M. Mercado & Associates: $182,340.62; (c) Law Offices of Mark Pachowicz: $69,470.50. Plaintiffs are awarded costs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1988 in the amount of $4,321.29, to be apportioned as follows: (d) Sonia M. Mercado & Associates: $2,277.65; (e) Law Offices of Mark Pachowicz: $2,043.64. (gk)

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Estate of Jonathan Najera et al v. County of Los Angeles et al Doc. 83 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 ESTATE OF JONATHAN NAJERA, 12 ANTONIA NAJERA AND ALFREDO NAJERA, 13 Plaintiffs, 14 v. 15 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, LOS 16 ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF, et al., 17 CASE NO. CV 12-03167-DMG (MRWx) FINAL JUDGMENT ON ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFFS [DOC. # 78] Defendants. 18 19 WHEREAS, on January 25, 2013, pursuant to Rule 68 of the Federal Rules of 20 Civil Procedure, this Court entered a Partial Judgment [Doc. # 56] in favor of 21 Plaintiffs THE ESTATE OF JONATHAN NAJERA, ANTONIA NAJERA and 22 ALFREDO NAJERA (collectively “Plaintiffs”) and against Defendant COUNTY 23 OF LOS ANGELES (the “County”), and providing that Plaintiffs’ counsel shall be 24 awarded reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred prior to the date of the 25 January 10, 2013 offer, as determined by the Court in accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 26 1988; 27 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs moved for an award of attorney’s fees and costs, and 28 Dockets.Justia.com 1 the County opposed Plaintiffs’ Motion; AND WHEREAS, on June 19, 2013, the Court issued an Order [Doc. # 78] 2 3 on attorneys’ fees and costs, 4 NOW, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED AS 5 FOLLOWS: Plaintiffs are hereby awarded attorneys’ fees in the amount of $312,578.49, 6 7 to be apportioned as follows: a. R. Samuel Paz: $60,767.37; 8 9 b. Sonia M. Mercado & Associates: $182,340.62; 10 c. Law Offices of Mark Pachowicz: $69,470.50; 11 and, 12 Plaintiffs are awarded costs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 in the amount of 13 $4,321.29, to be apportioned as follows: d. Sonia M. Mercado & Associates: $2,277.65; 14 15 e. Law Offices of Mark Pachowicz: $2,043.64. 16 17 18 DATED: August 9, 2013 DOLLY M. GEE United States District Judge 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -2-

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